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Siku

SEE-koo

ˈsiːkuː

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Siku

Origin: Yupik (Alaska/Russia)
Meaning: a Yupik name meaning sea ice, one of the most culturally and ecologically vital concepts in the entire Yupik worldview; sea ice is the platform from which bowhead whales are hunted, the highway across the frozen Bering Sea, and a living entity whose changing character is read like a language by experienced hunters; giving a child this name honours the ice and invokes its strength, reliability, and life-sustaining power
Gender: unisex

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